'' It was a cold grey day in Harlem, the rain was pouring down
As I shivered past the doorway, where the hookers and the priest stood around
It was a hobo on the corner, he laughed and began to shout
See the crazy chick right down the street man, she really givin' out ''
SHANGHAI were a mid 70's BRITISH BLUES ROCK BAND formed by veteran guitar hero MICK GREEN and drummer Peter Kircher. The band released a self titled LP on the WARNER BROS label in '74 featuring the vocals of CHUCK BEDFORD and a follow up on the UK independant THUNDERBIRD in '76. The lineup had changed for the second LP '' FALLEN HEROS '' . Bedford was replaced by former ' REBEL ROUSER ' CLIFF BENNETT and a second guitarist BRIAN ALTERMAN was added. The band promoted the album on THE OLD GREY WHILSTLE TEST and toured as support for STATUS QUO, but quickly Fragmented. GREEN reformed THE PIRATES { the group he is primarily associated with } and BENNETT sadly quit the music business completely
Neither of their LP's have been reissued in any form and copies of the original vinyl pressings are now coveted by fans and collectors. The non LP '' HARLEM DANCER '' was one of their more interesting tracks and stands up well today. A FUNKY BLUES ROCK number in the BAD COMPANY / STONES mould that sneaked out on the B-SIDE of '' CANDY EYES '' { a track from '' FALLEN HEROES '' } . It's a real mover and one that really defines the term DISCOTHEQUE ROCK!
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